Note that below only Dutch national team players are listed who
were born in the Dutch East Indies, all when it was a Dutch
colony. Of course, there have been a number of other players in
the Dutch national team with roots in current Indonesia, such as
Simon Tahamata and
Bert Latuheru, both of Moluccan descent, or those with a parent
from the Indies, such as Ben Stom
(who played in each of the first nine matches of the Dutch
national team, the only player to do so, before leaving for the
Indies in 1908), Sonny Silooy, Jeffrey Talan,
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
and Denny Landzaat; however, all these were born within the
current (European) borders of the Netherlands. In contrast,
nearly all the players listed below had no Asian roots (the
three most notable exceptions are Karel Heĳting, David Wĳnveldt
and Law Adam) but were born in the Dutch East Indies because of
the professional career of their parents.

In addition to the 44 players listed below, we might also
have added Joop Boutmy, who was
born in Penang, Malaya (now in Malaysia), and left for the
Dutch East Indies after his last match for the Dutch national
team in 1914. Instead, he is included under the list of
Oranje Players born Elsewhere Abroad.
It is of interest to note that the players generally considered
to have been the best Dutch (centre) forward (Bakhuys) and the
best Dutch 'keeper (GŲbel) before World War II were born in
the colony.

Players are ranked according to their number of caps. Current
names of towns or cities listed between brackets whenever
different (note that Jatinegara (formerly Meester Cornelis)
is part of current Jakarta and not the central Javan town of
the same name). All places on Java unless indicated differently,
with [S] denoting Sumat(e)ra and [BN] denoting Bandanaira.

Note that below only players are listed who were born in the
Surinam (in fact, all in Paramaribo). Of course, there have
been quite a number of other players in the Dutch national team
with roots in Surinam (either from both parental sides or one),
such as Ruud Gullit,
Frank Rĳkaard and
Patrick Kluivert, to name just
the most important ones; however, they all were born within
the current (European) borders of the Netherlands.

Note that below only players are listed who were born outside
of the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Surinam and the Dutch
Antilles. Most are of Dutch descent (the exceptions being Boateng,
De GuzmŠn, the two John brothers,
Kongolo, Maher and Martins Indi), and most spent most of their life
in the Netherlands (the main exception being Willi Lippens, born
near Kleve of a Dutch father and a German mother, who never left
Germany and spent his entire professional football career in the
Ruhrgebiet where he remains an icon, in particular in Essen,
where any fan of Rot-Weiss will know all about Die Ente).

Note that apart from Collins and Ola John also Siem and Luuk de Jong
are brothers.

This list does not include players with different ethnic
backgrounds (e.g. Moroccan, such as Khalid Boulahrouz and
Ibrahim Afellay, or Turkish, such as Otman Bakkal) who were
born (and raised) in the Netherlands.